Chronicles of the Modern Empress Dowager

"Niangniang, Director Yu is here."

Li Wei sat under the window and didn't move his position. He replied, "Announce him in."

Yu En is the director of Shang Shan Jian, in charge of the food and beverages in the palace, and has served in the palace for nearly thirty years.

Yu En walked in and knocked Li Wei through the curtain: "Please, Queen Mother."

"Get up and talk." Li Wei's tone sounded exceptionally calm. She went on to say: "Emperor Xian advocated frugality when he was still alive. However, recently the palace is extravagant and there is a lot of waste, especially in the royal dining room. Extravagance and waste. These masters in the palace are not dear to eat, and their mouths are more than one. In my opinion, there is no need to specify how many bowls of vegetables for each meal, and all the dishes that cannot be eaten are wasted. Now the weather is gradually getting hot and can’t survive. Now I’ll take the lead and cut the daily share in half. I have also waived the daily filial dishes in several palaces."

Yu En heard of Li Wei's move and praised: "The Queen Mother is righteous."

Li Wei raised his eyes and said: "If you want to eat it, you can't eat so much. Some of them are dumped in vain. Isn't it a pity. By the way, can you bring all the "Retirement Stalls" I want you to bring?"

When Yu En heard that he was busy presenting it with both hands, he respectfully said: "Please look over."

Li Wei took it and didn't read it right away, but placed it next to him, and then asked General Yu to resign before he retired. Then she summoned several Shanggongs, including Shangyi Bureau, Treasure Bureau, etc., and she also successfully obtained the record files of each place. Finally, she summoned the classic pharmacy. The reason was still to check the name and avoid unnecessary waste. .

She used her rights as the queen dowager to easily record these things, and took things that were not easily accessible to others. With such a large number of things, the only thing Li Wei really cares about is Shangshan Supervisor and Classic Pharmacy. The things she wants to check are in them.

Li Wei rummaged through the pile of things on the table, then turned over the records of "Retirement Stall" and the Classic Pharmacy, and looked at it in detail, hoping to find something.

Not long after, Dr. Lu came in and asked her for a Ping pulse, and Li Wei let him in.

Grand Doctor Lu carried the medicine box, bowed in, and greeted her first. Li Wei said slowly: "The imperial physician exempts the ceremony."

Then the doctor Lu took out the pillow, and took the pulse with Li Wei first. After a while, the doctor Lu said, "You are a little excited, the queen mother, because you think too much."

Li Wei smiled and said, "Spring will inevitably be hotter."

Grand Doctor Lu smiled and nodded and said: "The old minister has newly formulated Shugan pills and reconsidered the medication. You can take two pills every other day for the queen mother, and take them slowly. The rest will not get in the way."

After Dr. Lu packed the medicine box, he was about to retire. Li Wei called him to stop: "Emperor Lu, please stay. I have one more thing to discuss with Dr. Lu."

The doctor Lu stood still and respectfully said: "Please give instructions from the Queen Mother."

Li Wei said: "I remember that Taiji Lu has a granddaughter. I heard that this granddaughter of the Lu family will recite Tangtou songs at the age of three, and she started to look for acupuncture points with silver needles at the age of five. Since the age of seven, she has formally studied medicine with you. At the age of eleven, he could treat people alone. The daughters of the Lu family are also very unusual."

Suddenly mentioning the granddaughter, the doctor Lu said modestly for some reason: "You praised the queen mother absurdly. The granddaughter studied with the veteran for a few days in the early years, but it is far less impressive than you praised the queen mother."

Li smiled and said, "The reputation of the Lu family’s granddaughter is known throughout the capital, and I also heard people say it. By the way, the Lu family doctor, I recently felt a bit pain in my knees, so I planned to announce that the Lu family’s girl would go to the palace to treat my legs for a few days. I will have a great reward when I recover. I wonder if you will be willing to receive it."

When the queen mother spoke as a courtier, there was no reason to refuse, he replied tremblingly: "It is also her blessing that she can serve the queen mother."

Li Wei nodded and said, "Okay, please invite Miss Lu to enter the palace as soon as possible. I will arrange it for her."

The Lu family has practiced medicine for several generations, and it has accumulated five generations now. The ancestral medical skills brought glory and status to the Lu family. Lu Chao first walked out of the Chongqing Palace but felt heavy in his heart. His precious granddaughter was only fifteen or sixteen years old before he said kiss. He originally wanted her to live a peaceful and stable life for her life. It would be good to be an ordinary woman. Relying on my granddaughter to carry forward, I never thought that the queen mother would suddenly be summoned, and I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse.

Lu Chao first returned home from the Taiyuan Hospital. He stayed in the study for nearly an hour. Later, he was sent to send a message: "Bring the four girls here."

The man went there for a while, Lu Chaoxian's favorite granddaughter, Lu Caizhi, finally came over.

"Grandpa is back." Lu Caizhi was full of joy when he saw his grandfather.

Lu Chaoxian was not as happy as he used to be. He frowned and said, "Caizhi, what do you do at home?"

Lu Caizhi said truthfully: "Sister Jinxiu in her mother's room is sick, and I am treating her."

"Oh, why is she uncomfortable, what is the pulse condition? How did you give the medicine?" Lu Chaoxian asked one by one.

Lu Caizhi answered truthfully, and Lu Chao nodded after listening, "There is nothing wrong with it."

After talking about the maidservant, Lu Chaoxian took the opportunity to call the queen mother to his granddaughter. After hearing that, Lu Caizhi was a little surprised and said: "The queen mother wants to declare me into the palace?"

"Yes, I told you to go to the palace to serve for a period of time, and then come back when the Queen Mother's body is healed."

"Don't let me stay in the palace to be a doctor woman?"

Lu Chao was not able to answer it first, but just said: "I don't know what the queen mother is planning, but grandpa can shirk it for you when it's true."

It’s just a few days to wait for a while, and it’s not difficult for Caizhi, so she promised: "Just in time to enter the palace to open up her eyes. Grandpa, rest assured, granddaughter will not fail your teachings and serve the queen mother with all her heart."

Lu Chao first sighed and said: "The personnel in the palace are complicated. I hope you don't get involved in any whirlpool. Good granddaughter, low-key, don't be strong in everything. You are a smart child, I hope you can understand."

Lu Caizhi promised: "Grandpa, don't worry, I will serve the queen dowager well. I will not shame the Lu family or cause trouble for Grandpa."

One day later, Lu Caizhi entered Chongqing Palace in a small sedan chair.

When Grand Doctor Lu led her granddaughter to see Li Wei, Li Wei saw this beautiful young girl, and she smiled and said, "Ms. Lu, don't be too burdened, just as if the Chongqing Palace is your own home. "

Lan Hui had already prepared a room for Lu Caizhi, and Lu Caizhi stayed in Chongqing Palace with peace of mind to serve Li Wei with all his heart.

Li Wei’s knee hurts occasionally, but it’s not very severe. She asked Lu Caizhi to massage her every day. Lu Caizhi said she would put on plasters, and she formulated a prescription and prepared the medicine herself, so she boiled it up in the small tea room of Chongqing Palace. The plaster comes.

The things on the knees weren’t a big deal either, but Li Wei called Caizhi to enter the palace with a different purpose.